
13/10/2025
Tommy Makgatho quit his waitering job to start Bibi Cash & Carry with a bootstraped budget about over 35 years ago. Today he has created employment of over 800 people with more than R600 million turn over in 2015 from his 6 outlets in the Free State and one in Gauteng. Bibi Cash & Carry is ranked as the largest black owned retail companies in South Africa.
The story behind his companies name , he says his son struggled pronouncing his sisters name (Nwabisa) so he just called her 'Bibi' and so he thought if it's easy for a child to say Bibi then it will be easy for everyone else...